Nineteen people have been killed in an auto crash in the Okene area of Kogi State.
In a statement on Sunday, FRSC’s education officer Jonas Agwu said Emergency rescue teams of the Corps endured over three hours of inferno in their bid to rescue road traffic victims at the scene of a fatal crash that claimed 19 lives on Sunday 28 April 2024 at Okene bypass, on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State
The accident involved two vehicles, a truck, and a Toyota Hiace bus coming from Kano State, he said. Both vehicles collided
“The impact of the collision resulted in a fire that burnt the victims to death,” the statement read.
Twenty-two persons, all male, were involved. But 19 of them were killed and one injured. Two other persons were rescued unhurt by FRSC operatives.
The bodies of the dead victims have been deposited at Okene General Hospital.
UPDATED: 19 Die In Kogi Auto Crash
